In Social Studies we spent several weeks studying various inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Alva Edison , and Garrett Morgan ....

While at the Texas Ranger's game the other night, I came up with a baseball themed game to review comparing larger numbers: Baseball P...

Bishop's Blackboard has earned  a nomination for 2012's Most Fascinating Elementary Teacher Blog . Voting is now open and the blog...

As gifts to their mothers, the students painted ceramic wall tiles with their handprint and polka-dots. I then added a ribbon on the back wi...

In Social Studies, we have been researching various inventors. One of the inventors that we studied was Garrett Morgan. Garrett Morgan inven...

In Social Studies, we are studying various inventors. One of the inventors we are studying is Thomas Alva Edison. After reading about his va...

To review parts of a set, the students created Fraction Caterpillars that were inspired by a lesson I read about on The First Grade Parade ....

After reading Toy Many Toys and A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon, we discussed how the books were the same and different. We charted...

As a part of our author study on David Shannon, we read A Bad Case of Stripes . After reading, we created a class chart to write down our di...

As a part of our author study on David Shannon, we read Too Many Toys . After reading and discussing as a class, the students created a Stor...

We recently conducted an author study about David Shannon. He is the author of David Gets in Trouble , No, David!,   Alice the Fairy , and m...

After reading The Mixed-Up Chameleon and The Foolish Tortoise , both written and illusrtated by Eric Carle, we created a class Double-Bubbl...

As a part of our study on author and illustrator Eric Carle, we read The Foolish Tortoise . As we read, we discussed and charted the charact...

As a part of our author study on Eric Carle, we read The Mixed-Up Chameleon . After reading, we discussed the characters, setting, problem, ...

Thanks to the great organization of our P.E. Coach, the students had a great Field Day. They rotated through various stations including Tug-...